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Disability Services

Klump Academic Center, Rm. 148 · (570) 320-5225

Books in Alternate Format

Textbooks and other materials can be provided in alternative formats as an academic accommodation. Students must have a documented print disability to be eligible for this service.

Procedure for requesting material

It is the student’s responsibility to:

  1. Contact Disability Services at the beginning of each semester to determine eligibility for materials in alternative format.
  2. Contact the Disability Services Program Assistant to request materials in alternative format. An Alternative Format Request form will be filled out for each request. Disability Services recommends submitting orders at least two to three weeks in advance of your needs.
  3. Provide Disability Services with proof of book ownership (payment receipt) and a course syllabus listing the required textbooks. You must be registered in the course for which you are requesting alternative format materials.
  4. Provide Disability Services with the textbook's title and subtitle, the author's full name, copyright date, edition, publisher and ISBN number.
    • Disability Services will first check the Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic’s (RFB&D) online catalog of books to determine if the textbook is available. If it is available, Disability Services will use its institutional membership to place the order for the audio book, which will arrive on CD.
    • If the textbook is not currently in the RFB&D lending library, Disability Services will research the availability of the textbook in alternative format from the publisher. If it is not available, you will be notified to submit a Scanning Request.
    • Disability Services will notify you when the alternative format materials have arrived and are ready for delivery to you.
  5. If alternative format comes from RFB&D, schedule an appointment to receive training on how to use the RFB&D reader software program, Victor Reader. Victor Reader software has been installed on some open lab computers, as well as computer stations in the Madigan Library. Disability Services will direct you to these computers.
  6. If alternative format comes from a publisher, schedule an appointment to receive training on how to use Kurzweil 3000 reader software. Kurzweil 3000 software has been installed on some open lab computers, as well as several computer stations in the Madigan Library. Disability Services will direct you to these computers.
  7. Return CDs to Disability Services at the end of each semester or risk having a hold placed on your transcript.